Bush is clearly the engine of the Dolphins’ offense, with 49 touches through two games for 314 total yards, second-most in the NFL. He’s coming off his second-best day as a pro with 26 carries for 172 yards and two touchdowns, and the Dolphins need to make sure they keep feeding …

Talking points for a Thursday morning as we close in on Sunday’s much-anticipated matchup with the Jets:

1. The Dolphins had an extra bounce in their step at practice Wednesday.

Jets Week tends to bring some added excitement to the Dolphins training complex. It could be the legacy of Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor, who despite his one season with the Gang Green never missed a chance to remind his teammates as …

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from the Dolphins’ 35-13 win over the Raiders:

THE GOOD

* Reggie Bush. Obviously: Rushed for 172 yards on 26 carries (6.6 average) and added another 25 yards in the passing game, plus two touchdowns. In addition to showing off his breakaway speed, he also showed good improvisational skills on the 23-yard touchdown run. “If he did it exactly the way I wanted him to …

The preseason is over (mercifully) for the Dolphins, and now comes the toughest part of the job for coach Joe Philbin and his staff – deciding who stays and who goes as they select their 53-man roster by 9 p.m. Friday.

Philbin will have plenty of hard decisions to make – figuring out the fourth and fifth cornerbacks and the backup linemen on both offense and defense – but none will …

Most starting quarterbacks sit out the fourth and final preseason game so as not to get injured before the start of the regular season. But Dolphins rookie Ryan Tannehill is not an ordinary quarterback.

Offensive coordinator Mike Sherman said Saturday that he expects Tannehill to play Wednesday in the preseason finale at Dallas. Veteran starters such as Jake Long and Reggie Bush likely won’t play, but Tannehill and his young receivers …

Four weeks of training camp are in the books for the Miami Dolphins. All that’s left are two games (Friday against Atlanta, Wednesday at Dallas), three days of practice and a whole lot of roster cutting. The Dolphins currently have 88 player in camp after Eric Steinbach retired on Wednesday, and they need to get down to 75 players by 4 p.m. on Monday and to 53 players by 9 …

Highlights from Tuesday night’s episode of “Hard Knocks,” the third of five in the series:

* The show begins with team leaders Reggie Bush, Karlos Dansby and Jake Long asking to meet with Joe Philbin about Chad Johnson’s release. They explain that they wish they could’ve known that Johnson was in hot water with the coaching staff about comments he made with the media, so that they could’ve helped him. “Alert …

Three weeks of training camp are down, and about two weeks remain until the Dolphins have to cut their roster down to 53 players. The cut down to 80 players is on Aug. 28, and the cut down to 53 players is Sept. 2.

Here’s our best projection of the 53-man roster, plus our choices for the 8-man practice squad. Of course, the Dolphins may pick up a player or two …

Dolphins coach Joe Philbin released his second depth chart of the preseason today, and other than making a few minor changes to reflect the release of Chad Johnson and knee surgery for David Garrard, not much changed.

On offense, Matt Moore was bumped up to starting quarterback and Ryan Tannehill to the No. 2 spot as Garrard fell all the way to fourth on the depth chart. And only two receivers …